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2025 Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado Board of Directors
President, Anne Campbell, Colorado Stoneworks Landscaping, Colorado Springs Vice President, Ben Fisk, Fisk Lawnscapes, Colorado Springs Secretary/Treasurer, Steve Steele, Steele Dynamic Services, LLC, Arvada Past President, Brian Levins, Designscapes Colorado, Centennial At-Large Directors Brison Bishop, Zak George Landscaping, Fort Collins Nicole Stone, LMI Landscapes, Commerce City LeAnn Ostheimer, Lifescape Colorado …
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Irrigation Boot Camp – November 2024
We had great weather for some outdoor irrigation training! Training on two wire systems, trenching, and more occurred on Friday as part of ALCC’s Irrigation Boot Camp. Thank you to instructor, Kyler Neumann, host locations DBC Irrigation Supply and Pickens Technical College, and the following companies who donated time and…
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Landscape Design and Contracting Update
The Landscape Design and Contracting program at Colorado State University continues to grow and prepare their students for roles across the Green Industry. Student experiences and industry partnerships have helped the program enrollment grow over 135% during the last two years. Our industry partnerships have resulted in 8 named spaces…
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Remodeling your yard? Here’s how to go with a pro from ALCC
Landscape pro shares secrets to a successful project. If you’ve been thinking about remodeling your yard, but don’t have the time, tools or design skills to do it yourself, consider calling in a pro. That’s where the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado, or ALCC for short, can help. The trade…
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Winter Containers Are an Opportunity
Do your clients have larger containers actively planted out in the garden or around the property? Perhaps you are involved with planting and tending those compositions throughout the year. Don’t neglect the opportunity to promote customizing these containers by offering the creative service of preparing them for that fourth season…
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Tools to grow crew communications
If your lawn or landscape company is on the smaller size, effective internal communication with your staff probably is not a struggle because you can host meetings all in one place. But as your company grows and opens multiple locations, staying connected with your teams gets more complicated. Email and…
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Denver Water partners with landscape companies on new approaches to a water-constrained future
Change is in the air–and on the ground when it comes to landscaping on Colorado’s Front Range. The era of large, heavily watered lawns is shifting as hotter temperatures and tighter water supplies are leading water providers and their customers to emphasize more native and climate-appropriate landscapes. Homeowners and HOAs…
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Excitement Builds as ALCC Announces Record-Breaking 2024 ELITE Award Winners
DENVER, CO – The Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado (ALCC) brought the warmth of celebration to a chilly November evening as it hosted the 2024 ELITE Awards on November 12. This year’s event was particularly remarkable, marking a recent record for the largest number of entries in the program’s recent…
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How to manage vole damage
Voles, also known as field mice, are small brown rodents very common in yards and fields. They are about the size and shape of a mouse and have small ears and a short tail. Colorado has several species of vole, the most common being the meadow vole and the prairie…
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CO 811 Damage Prevention Summit
2024 Colorado 811 Annual Damage Prevention Summit Wrap-Up With a shared commitment to improving damage prevention practices across Colorado, Colorado 811 hosted over 100 utility owners, operators, professional excavators, and locators on September 17, 2024, at the newly redesigned Colorado 811 Annual Damage Prevention Summit & Annual Member Meeting at…
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Enhancing snow-clearing performance
Unique Skid Steer Tire Increases Snow Clearing Performance and Safety Traditional wide tires slip and slide on snow and ice. A specially designed, narrow skid steer tire is designed to penetrate snow and ice, dramatically increasing traction. When snow needs to be quickly cleared from public areas, municipalities and landscape…
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Colorado Waterwise recognizes ALCC CEO for conservation efforts
During its annual symposium in Denver, Colorado Waterwise recognized ALCC CEO John McMahon with its Gardener Water Conservation Award, presented annually to an individual or organization that has made significant contributions to water conservation in Colorado and exemplifies Colorado WaterWise’s mission. The annual Water Conservation Symposium, held in September, brings…
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